Wave-motor.



W. H. THOMAS.

WAVE MOTOR.

APPLIOATION rILED 00T.21,1912.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

JAV I A /VA Witneses WILLIAM H. THOMAS, OF ONT RIO, CALIFORNIA. V

i 'i 'WAVE-MOTOR.

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Specificatlon of Letters Patet.

PatcntedSept.2,1913.

i Application filed October 21, 1912. Serial No. 727929.

To all whom it may cance /'n:

le it known that I, W'ILLIAM H. TIIOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ontario, in the county of San Bernardino and State Gif `ali'tornia, have invented a new and useful lVave-lviotor, oi' which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to wave motors, its object being to utilize the power produced by the wave motion, for elevating water to a suitable reservoir 'rom which it can be withdrawn tor the purpose of driving a turbine or the like.

i\ :further object is to provide improved means designed to be acted upon directly by the noving body ojt' water.

lVith the :t'oregoing and other objects in view 'which will appear as the description proeoeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details ot construction hereina't'ter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise cmbodiment ot the invontion herein disclosed, can be made within the seope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit ot' the inven tion.

l'n the accompanying drawings the preferi-ed form ot the invention has been shown.

In said drawingsz-Figure l is a View partly in section and partly in elevation of the motor. Fig. 2 is a section on line A-B Fig. 1.

.teterring to the figures by characters of reference l designates a shaft fixedly mount-- ed at one end upon a base 2 designed to be submerged and mounted, at its upper end, within a braeket 3 or the like mounted on a structure 4 located above the surface of the water. A tubular shaft 5 is mounted for rotation upon the shaitt l and is provided, near its upper end, with a large gear G which, in turn, moshes with a smaller gear 7. A pitman 8 is connected to and aetuated by gear 7 and is adapted to drive the pisten 9 of a pump 10. This pump has an intake pipe ll extending` into the easing thereof from a point below the surface of the water and an outflow pipe 12 extends from the pump casing to a reservoir 13' or the like. The gears are so proportioned that one ro tation of gear 6 will produce a number of rotations of the gear 7 and, consequently, a number of reciproeations of the pisten 9.

Extending radially from the tubular shaft 5 is a blade 13 of such length as to extend from a point near the bed of the body of water up to a point above the surface ot the water. One or more additional blades 1:1-, which are considerably smaller than the blade 13, are extended radially from the shatt 5 and disposed preferably at about 90 degrees relative thereto. The blades 14 and 15 are rigid and are fixedly mounted on the tubular shaft 5 and, consequently, maintained at a fixed angle relative to each other. i

It will be understood that the blade 1:1- will, by reason oil' the fact that it is disposed at a right angle to the blade 13, cause the blade 13 to assume a position oblique to the incoming; wave and blade 13 will rotate about its nxis until the effective area of the blade lt opposed to the incoming wave equals that ot blade 13 at which time the blades will be in a condition of equilibrium. lt' the return flow is of the same quantity the blades will remain in the above 1nentioned position or in a position of equilibrium. WVith any variation from the quale lity of flow above rcferred to or any variation of the submerrence ot the blades, the effective areas of the two blades disposed to the :force of the wave will vary and the blades move -about their axis. Thus the shaft 5 to which the blades are Secured will be rotated back and forth, motion being transmitted thei-ofroni through the goal-s to the pump which, in turn, operates to elevate water and direct it into the reservoir 13'.

While the device is especially designed for elevating water to a reservoir, it will be obvious that it can also be employed for compressing air, and for other purposes.

What is claimed is: 1. A wave motor including a shaft mounted for rotation about a vertical axis blades radiating :from the shat't and disposed at an angle to each other, one of said blades con stituting' means for holding the other blade normally obliquely to the path of movement of the waves. a pump, and means 'for transmitting motion to the pump from the sha'tt.

2. A wave motor including a sha'ft mounted tor rotation about a vertical nxis, radial blades extendin' trom the shatt, one of said blades constituting* means for holding the other blade normally in a position to receive the force ot' a wave upon one face thercof, thereby to rotate the shaft, a pump, and means actuated by the shaft when rotated, for actuating the pump.

3. A Wave motor including a shaft mounted on end, blades of different areas radiat.- ing from the shutt, one of said blad'es con- Stituting means for normally holding the other binde in position to receive the force of waves against one face thereof to rotate the shaft in one direction, a gear revolubl'e with the shaft, a pump including` a pisten, and speed multiplyng means for transmtting motion from said gear tothe pisten.

4. A wave motor including a shaft' mounted for rotation about' a Vertical nxis, radial. bladesextending from the shaft, one of said blades constitutng means for holding the,

other blade normally in a position to reoeve the force of a wave upon one face thereof thereby to rotate the shaft, one of rsaid: blades being of greater area than the `WLLIAM HL'THOMAS.

XVtnesses:

ARCHD., VVALLACE', CHAS F. PIEROE.

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Washington, D. G. 

